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  • 2020 Lancaster Theological Seminary DMin Symposium

    Monday, March 30, 2020

    Symposium presentations will be conducted online using Zoom.

    Schedule of Events
    Time Presenter Topic
    9:00‑9:55 a.m.   Ronnette Comfort‑Butler  "How to Develop a Practice of Radical Hospitality for People with Cognitive Processing Disorders"
    10:00‑10:55 a.m.   Colie Bettivia  "Hello, We're Here!: Active Participation in Traditional Church Congregations By Those in the Millennial Generation"
    11:00‑11:55 a.m.   Faith Dickens Fitzgerald  "Renewing the Spirit of Hospice: A Spiritual Response to Compassion Fatigue in Hospice Workers"
    12:00‑12:55 p.m.  Will Hagenbuch  "'Won’t You Be My Neighbor?': Creating an Interconnected Onsite and Online Christian Community"
    1:00‑1:55 p.m.   Karin Pejack  "'Where Two or Three Are Gathered…': A Study of Multiple Christian Congregations under One Steeple"
    2:00‑2:55 p.m.   Kim Stryjak  "The Holy Week of Our Lives:  How to Help Faith Leaders have Conversations around Death and Dying in our Faith Communities"
    3:00‑3:55 p.m.  Marjory Roth  "'Is it a Savior?': Finding Salvation in Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Batman"
    All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4:00)

    Presentation Details for Current DMin Students and Guests

    • Presenters are listed below in schedule order
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      • Link to join Zoom session or recording (as available)
      • Supporting documents provided by presenter (if applicable)
      • Online evaluation form (made available at the time of presentation)

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      Recommended: Test your equipment and Internet connection before Symposium Day. (Note: You may be prompted to download the Zoom app.)


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◄1:00 p.m. - Karin Pejack3:00 p.m. - Marjory Roth►

2:00 p.m. - Kim Stryjak

  • 2:00 p.m. - Kim Stryjak

    The Holy Week of Our Lives: How to Help Faith Leaders have Conversations around Death and Dying in our Faith Communities

    Time: 2:00-2:55 p.m.

    Abstract

    This project seeks to demonstrate the critical need for general conversations on death and dying in our faith communities. Using theologies on death and dying, Christian practices, as well as current books, literature in journals, and first hand experiences, the project presents ways in which conversations on end-of-life are happening in society and in our faith communities.  It also presents the deep need for these conversations to continue to take place and how we can support our faith leaders in having these conversations in our faith communities. I then propose a workshop as a resource to help faith leaders and faith communities have general conversations on death and dying, using Jesus as an example in our faith lives.  The workshop is designed based on specific responses to surveys given to faith leaders in the Pennsylvania Southeast and Pennsylvania Northeast conferences of the United Church of Christ; interviews with 10 of these faith leaders and surveys to 5 congregations in this region. In those surveys, faith leaders identified what conversations on death and dying they have within their faith communities and also their desired resources and elements for a workshop for education in end-of-life issues and death and dying.  The faith community members identified what conversations they have had in faith communities on death and dying and what information would be beneficial in future conversations on this topic.  The end result of this project is the demonstrated need for additional resources to support faith leaders in having conversations on end-of-life planning in their faith communities.  The additional resources proposed in this project are an annotated bibliography of resources on death and dying and a workshop for further education and real life simulation for faith leaders to increase comfort in having end-of-life conversations in their faith communities.  

◄1:00 p.m. - Karin Pejack3:00 p.m. - Marjory Roth►